LC,

As planned.

PNAC and the NEOCONs: wanted a new Pearl Harbor

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6638713703231012207

I have long thought that the “clash of civilizations” argument by Andrew Sullivan and his fellow neo-cons is designed solely to turn the U.S. into the equivalent of a police state (yes, I know that makes me sound like a crazy, but it’s hard not to come to that conclusion when one adds up what Bush, Cheney, Rove and the Republican Party have done to the courts, the Congress and the Constitution).

There are about 2 billion Muslims in the world. The number who are involved in terrorist acts is small, vanishingly small in comparison. I read somewhere that in England an argument has been made that terrorists are criminals not soldiers, and that the “war” metaphor, among other ills, gives them too much credit. I agree.

Finally, and I know this will get me into even hotter water, I think we overreacted to 9/11. It was terrifying, certainly, but not mainly because of the number killed (after all, about 45K of us die every year in car accidents) but because of the method: passenger jets flown by men ready to die into two iconic structures. Would we have felt quite the same if, for example, a large cruise ship had been blown up with a conventional bomb? Think about the reaction to the Pan Am flight that was blown up.

The overreaction led to a series of hypothetical worst-case scenarios: nuclear bombs, dirty bombs, smallpox, etc. Yet the only time terrorists have used gas was the sarin (sp?) attack in Japan. The attacks since 9/11 have all used conventional weapons. If it is really so easy for terrorists to get hold of all these much more exotic and lethal weapons, why are bombs (most often on the bodies of men ready to die) still the most common weapon?

I am not arguing that there are no real threats out there. What I am arguing is that we need to apply judgment, caution, and a rational perspective to the problems.

7 Insane Conspiracies That Actually Happened
By Ned Resnikoff, Peter Hildebrand

The Plan:
In 1933, group of wealthy businessmen that allegedly included the heads of Chase Bank, GM, Goodyear, Standard Oil, the DuPont family and Senator Prescott Bush tried to recruit Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler to lead a military coup against President FDR and install a fascist dictatorship in the United States. And yes, we’re talking about the same Prescott Bush who fathered one US President and grandfathered another one.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15974_7-insane-conspiracies-that-actually-happened.html

CK,

People have been telling me to watch L&O.
Oh,Powell? The look on his face should have given everyone a clue. That MOFO knew he was lying and couldn’t hide it.

The fireproof Atta passport and the last martyr will and testament that was found at the airport reminds me of the laptop found in Ecuador. Puleeze.

I said the other day that I’m waiting for more false flag attacks and fear tactics. They’ve already started.

@Cee Blood from Stones was decent, there was even a L&O episode loosely based on the whole blood diamonds thing. An America that could believe the crap that Colin Powell spewed to get the USA into a war is an America that can believe the crap the 9/11 comission spewed to cover up the almost everything in existence.
I think I lost my will to believe, the day after 9/11 when the news was all full of reports about some NYC cop finding Mohammed Atta’s passport on the ground “near” where the towers fell. Must have blown right out of his pocket, flown untouched through the fires, gently fallen like a leaf on an autumn breeze to the ground. One passport survives the crash and it’s Atta’s? Why didn’t they find any of his DNA in the remains? No unaccounted for DNA and no Atta DNA = interesting math or slipshod biology.
Oh well I do have a reason why there are so many “truthers” around, each of whom know his specific God’s revealed truth about 9/11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods

Kathleen,

Timing is everything.Someone needs to ask Muhammad Dahlan what he knows about this shooting.

CK,

I wondered how long he would make it.

As to the work that the DEA does and isn’t given credit for:

http://cryptome.org/dea-il-spy.htm

I’ll check it out. Blood from Stones was very good.
Too bad the 9-11 omission wasn’t interested.

This is not the fault of the voters in those states and they are being unfiarly punished. I think the primaries were fair and fine and I think the delegates should be seated since South Carolina also broke the rules and suffered no consequences.

But, the notion that they can’t find the money to do this for the sake of saving the Party is nonsense. Howard Dean caused this mess, and he should be on the airwaves begging for money to fix it. Being greedy and saying he’s saving all the DNC money for the national campaign is not sending a good message to Party members.